Samsung T9

It’s tough to justify the price of this ruggedised, rubberised drive, but it’s certainly fast.

LABS 1TB, $249 | samsung.com READ 1,899MB/sec WRITE 1,814MB/sec Although it shares the same slim, rectangular design as the T7, the much more recent T9 differs from its sibling in two key ways. The first is that Samsung embraces the USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 standard, offering 20Gbits/sec compared to 10Gbits/sec for the plain Gen 2; the second is that it’s coated with wavy rubber. This is bonded to the metal interior shell of the drive, so you can’t remove it. The rubber adds significantly to the thickness and weight of the drive, and while Samsung doesn’t offer any IP ratings it does promise that it’s drop-resistant to 3m (it makes no drop-resistance claims at all for the T7). For extra reassurance, Samsung also boosts its usual warranty from three years…

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